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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1939

Page

10

Chicago Hogs Steady to Off Up to Ten Cents on Markets

Hog receipts 10,000 at Chicago with prices down to 10 cents. Cattle steady to weak and sheep steady to higher at major markets including Pittsburgh Cleveland and East St Louis. Sales shown for multiple regions and weight classes with top hogs around 8.10 dollars and cattle tops near 13.75 dollars.

Chicago Pittsburgh Cleveland East St Louis Amt No. Axe Amt Ag East St. Louis Chicago Livestock Aba Omaha Livestock Omaha Dept. Agriculture

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices

Cedar Rapids market notes list prices for wheat oats rye barley corn and yellow corn No 2 hal, butterfat and cream prices, poultry prices for hens leghorns roosters and turkeys, wholesale fruits vegetables including lemons oranges grapefruits celery lettuce onions cabbage carrots potatoes and sweet potatoes, plus hide and horse prices and hoofed animal figures.

Cedar Rapids Leghorns LLC Colored Roosters Lexhorn Roosters Ic Minneapolis

Hogs and Cattle Hold Steady as Market shifts noted

The local hog market shows no change with top hogs at 765 dollars and cattle steady. Corn weakens slightly while hogs and cattle stay firm, with weights and prices for various classes of hogs, steers, yearlings, cows, calves, and lambs detailed across ranges and averages.

Bond Market Upturn Shifts Treasury and Rail Issues

New York bond market gains carried Treasuries and rail bonds higher on Wednesday with some issues advancing as much as 7.32 points. Leaders included Southern Pacific 4s of 1968 Delaware and Hudson refunding 4s and Missouri Kansas Texas 5s among utilities, while foreign government bonds traded lightly.

NEW York Bond Review New York API Wu. S. Treasury Treasury Oow Southern Pacific Delaware and Hudson Pacific of Missouri Western Union Columbia Gas and Electric

Wisconsin cheese quotes and sugar market notes

Wisconsin cheese quotations for March 6 to 11 show Twins and daisies at 12 cents, horns and cheddars around 12 cents. New York sugar futures in midweek trading rose modestly with May at 180.2, raw sugar down 3, refined 4.25 to 4.40 cents, while Boston wool prices softened and Christmas seal history noted from 1907.

Wisconsin Cheese Plymouth Wis Iapi Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Farmers’ Eajl Board New York London Cubas Wool Market Boston AP i USS Dept Agricultures

Stocks Rise Steadily As Market Rebounds In 1960s Style

The New York stock market resumed its advance with a confident stride on Wednesday as shares climbed one to four points. Major gains touched new year highs for American Telephone Montgomery Ward Public Service of New Jersey Sears Roebuck Greyhound National Biscuit and National Dairy.

New York American Telephone Montgomery Ward Public Service of New Jersey Sears Roebuck Greyhound National Biscuit National Dairy Wall Street London Washington British Money Center Electric Auto Site Deere U. S Delaware and Hudson Westinghouse Chrysler New Jersey Zinc Mead Johnson

Wall St Stocks and Chicago Quotations in One Day

Published stock list shows widespread prices across American and Canadian firms led by Adams Express, Alaskan Juneau, Amex groups and big names like General Electric, U S Steel, Chrysler, Westinghouse, and Allies. Regional quotes include Mississippi River stages at Davenport, La Crosse, Dubuque, and St Louis with minor rises and falls.

J. E. Bennett & Co W.H. Dump Merchants National Bank Adams Express Y3ntl Mining Alaskic Juuieru Intl Nickel Allesnen Corp Wilith Paper Allied Chem We Intl Tel & Tel Aled Johns Manville Ailts Chalmers Kan City Amn Marshall Fid Mathieson Ami Woolen Miami Copper Atchison Mont Ward Haldwin Loco Murray Cary Ralto Ohio Nash Kel Tuevrus Erie Nor Am Avi VT Ohio Oilory OUI Steel Burroughs Paramount Calumet Jig Park Utah Camp Want Patino Mines Canada Dry Penney Peoples Gas Cerro de Pasco Pillsbury Pittsb Plymouth Ches Coron Proctor Gamble St Hero NW Pullman Co Radio Coronan Cities Service Radio Keith Cola Cola Rem Rand Rep Motors Golo Fuel Rep Steel Elec Reyn Tob Coml Credit Safeway Schenley Comw Southern Seaboard Concoleum Sears Roebuck Consol Edison Inc Consol Sharon Steel Conti Shell Union Simmons Cod Skelly Socony Coty Inc Crown Drug Sou Pac Srucibte Biel Sugou Cudah Fox Film Union Carbide Ford England Union Poe Freeport Tex Uni Aircraft Gen Baking Uni Air Lines Gen Gables Uni Corp Uni el Gen Foods United Fruit Uni Gas Gen Motors Gen Outdoor Gypsum Gen Realty Gillette S Ginbel Bros S Rubber Gidden_ Co U S Realty Gocel Brew 2Au S Steel We Goodrich Trf Vanadium Goodyear Graham Paice Walworth Granby Ward Gton Rv Qpite Motors Houston Howe Sound Sata Wilcox Mae Ahs Judson Motors Willys Ovld Hupp. Motors Wilson. Co Central Ri Wentworth Indus Rayon Younstown ST Zenith Radio Zenite Helleman Sindarvis Lion Butler Bros Midwest Corp Cherry Burl Quaker O Gom Chiccasa, Corp Ourker O Pr Fdison Swift, Co Cons Biscuit Ts Electshold Walercen Mississippe River Davenport API Hastings la Crosse Eee

London Stocks Hit New Highs Of 39

London stocks surged to new highs for 1939 as the London Stock Exchange saw one of its most active trading sessions in months. Major indices and key shares climbed amid broad market enthusiasm and investor confidence.

London Stocks Exchange

Wheat declines amid sympathetic selling on Chicago Board

Wheat prices dropped moderately on the Chicago Board of Trade with active selling tied to bearish signals from Liverpool and Winnipeg markets. May wheat down to 67 4/4 cents, corn and oats also fell, while the July futures hit seasonal lows and Winnipeg and Liverpool prices softened.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Liverpool Winnipeg Government Buenos Aires

Markets News From New York and Chicago Lettuce Prices

New York and Chicago markets report receipts for eggs butter cheese live poultry and potatoes with steady prices for eggs and butter. Chickens hens and fryers show firmer trends with various regional price points and carcass weights noted. Potatoes show steady yet varied prices across regions including Idaho Colorado Wisconsin and North Dakota with US No 1 grades highlighted.

New York Chicago Lezhorn Plymouth Rock White Rock U. S Idaho Colorado Wisconsin North Dakota Biss Cobblers US Florida Bliss

Strike Forces Out Labor Conferees

Two labor peace negotiators Sidney Hillman and Philip Murray were forced from their Washington hotels by a hotel workers strike. Although called by the AFL, the CIO leaders refused to pass labor picket lines, delaying talks on the peace conference.

Washington INL Sidney Hillman Philip Murray CIO Committee A. F. of L

Knights hear talk on The Crusade for Christian Justice

Local Knights of Columbus members heard Frank O'Hara from national headquarters explain The Crusade for Christian Justice a national movement to uphold American democracy against communism nazism and fascism The Lei girls trio from the Honolulu conservatory entertained with selections Evelyn Shimek Ernestine Clendenning and Twy lah Wixon were in the trio Refreshments were served.

Knights of Columbus Frank O'Hara K. C Crusade For Christian Justice Lei Girls Honolulu Conservatory of Music Evelyn Shimek Ernestine Clendenning Twylah Wixon

Linn County Weighs Use Of Federal Road Funds

Linn county supervisors confer with state highway officials over a $54,000 share of a federal grant for roads. Funds must be spent on the ten percent most travelled county roads and may require matching state funds, with board members delaying a final plan.

Linn County State Highway Commission Iowa Fred Stirm State Planning Board Board Room Clifford Donovan Ames J. A Paulsen Waterloo A A. Hurst Maquoketa W. H. Behrens

Cat Pines Revives With Dog’s Hospital Reunion

In Cambridge Massachusetts Fluffy a Persian cat owned by Mr and Mrs George E Blomquist stopped eating for two weeks after their terrier Buddy was taken to hospital for an operation. A reunion revived Fluffy and she began eating again. The doctor noted Fluffy’s presence aided Buddy’s recovery.

Cambridge Mass Fluffy George E. Blomquist Buddy

Monuments and Moving Ads Featured in Gazette Listings

Newspaper ad section highlights advertisements from Calder Anerson Monuments to Allied Van Lines agents. Includes moving services, watch repairs, and auctions. Notices solicit transportation references, sale of rummage items, and local services like towing and quilt patterns.

Cldar Rapids the Gazette Probasco Jewelers 2Nd Ave Kenwood Transfer Allied van Lines. Inc Calder's van & Storage Co., Inc K. Schaefer Kresge’s Seattle K. S. Bechtel Meehanesville Allied van Lines, Inc Lynch Transfer & Stornee Co C. Tom MASON 3Rd Ave 14Th Ave Lincoln Yellow Cab CO Los Angeles Gazette 1St St P.O Griffith Feather Mattress Co

Roosevelt Debaters Support Anglo American Alliance at Kiwanis

Roosevelt high school affirmative team led by Margery Scott and Mildred Burke won the Kiwanis debate at the Montrose hotel noon Wednesday on forming an alliance with Great Britain. They argued democracy’s preservation and security depend on allying with like minded powers. The negative team, Lyal Taylor and Maynard Nint, called such an alliance foolhardy and weak due to Britain’s unreliability and U.S. self sufficiency in the Western Hemisphere.

Roosevelt High School Kiwanis Montrose Hotel United States Great Britain Margery Scott Mildred Burke Lyal Taylor Maynard Nint Roosevelt Fred Kluss Harry Burmeister America Hemisphere

Ends State Sentence and Faces U S Charge

Thomas Edward Young, 20, of Perry, was moved from the Anamosa reform school to Linn county jail by U S deputy marshal Joseph Petrus. He finished a nine month state sentence for a jail break at Adel and is held in Des Moines for a federal Dyer auto act charge. arraignment before United States commissioner Edward J McPartland has not been set.

Thomas Edward Young Perry Anamosa Linn County Joseph Petrus United States Adel Des Moines Dyer Auto Act Edward J. McPartland

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